Warriors fight back on day two

A well-timed 84 by Shaun Marsh put the Warriors back into contention for an overall Shield win against Queensland on day two at the Gabba.

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Big innings from Shaun Marsh and Adam Voges have turned Western Australia's fortunes on day two of the Shield match against Queensland at the Gabba.

The Warriors had started the day in trouble after conceding first-innings points to the Bulls on day one, but by stumps they had established a lead of 183 runs with five second-innings wickets remaining.

The visitors knocked over the last five Queensland wickets for 24 runs on the second morning, bowling the home side out for 168.

Chris Hartley was out for 23 without adding to his overnight score, when he was dismissed by Nathan Coulter-Nile.

Matthew Gale (4) was the seventh man out with the score on 165, and he was quickly followed by Cameron Boyce (2), James Hopes (43) and Alister McDermott (0) as the Bulls slumped to 168 all out in 53.1 overs.

For Western Australia, Michael Hogan took 4 for 43 off 16.1 overs, while Coulter-Nile took 3 for 41, Ashton Agar had 2 for 47 and Jason Behrendorff had 1 for 37.

The pitch appeared clearly conducive to edges, with 19 of the 20 first-innings wickets to fall courtesy of catches.